Have you heard about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night? Koji Igarashi, the ex-producer of the Castlevania games was raising money on Kickstarter to make the spiritual successor to the Castlevania series. One of the milestones was the retro-styled prequel to the game. It was released a few days ago. I don't know if the Ritual of Night will be good or not, but Curse of the Moon is very good game and a great tribute to the classic Castlevania NES trilogy.

I have to say the Zangetsu boss fight has to be the best one I've seen in these kinds of games. The fact that the 3 characters had to work together to beat him was a truly awesome detail.

...Huh. I suppose it's a actually decent night to have a curse.

I love the coin guy with the hat, he looks so cool

Awesome run. And now that I know the names of these bosses , I can dig up some trivia on their names! 1. Glutton Train - Not much to say. It is what it is, which is a very interesting take on the haunted train cliche! 2. Focalor - A demon duke who looks like a man with gryphon wings and has power over wind and water, sinking ships and drowning men as he pleases. Explains his bizarre appearance quite well, plus his area and powers (wind + water = cold temps/ice) 3. Valefor - Another demon duke. He lures people into the temptation to steal and is a good familiar to thieves 'until they are caught in his trap'. In this case his trap is falling into his inescapable pit, an illusory one at that. He also commands ten legions of demons, thus why random enemies show up in his fight. 4. Valac - A demon described as an angel-esque boy riding a two headed dragon. Often seen on rooves and is associated with serpents and finding treasure. So I guess they scrapped the boy part and went with the two headed serpentine dragon theme. You also do fight him outside on a tower top/side. 5. Andrealphus (sic) - A Grand Marquis demon who first appears as a peacock before switching to a human appearance. Also said to turn men into birds. Seems they merged the human and bird forms together here. He's also supposedly very noisy in peacock form, and I guess you could say he talks a lot here as well. 6. Bloodless - Clearly a wink and a nod to the infamous noble, Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who was put on trial for torturing and murdering young girls. Much like Vlad Tepes is to Dracula, Bathory inspired numerous vampire myths and lore due to her crimes. These morphed from the rumors of her motive for murdering the girls to be in order to bathe in their blood to preserve her youth. 7. Bathin - A duke/grand duke of Hell with a snake tail . He is well educated in and values precious stones and herbs, and he has the power of astral projection. He can also warp men across whole countries. Explains the whole idea of his lightning fast attacks and light/plasma based moves. 8. Gremory - A duke of Hell who likes to appear as a beautiful woman with a duchess' crown tied around his waist. Commands 26 demon legions. He can see past, present, and future, as well as hidden treasures. Likes to seduce women young and old but especially maidens. Notably the art of him in demon books has horns very similar to his second boss form as well. He also is often seen riding a camel, and if you look closely, he does indeed have the head of a camel attached to his crown belt, shooting energy attacks at you. Honestly I am blown away at the creativity and ingenuity with how they incorporated the demons' lore into these bosses! They really did their homework and I'd have never guessed it! Besides Bloodless, who I recognized instantly, I thought they just made a lot of these up!

Interesting game, very castlevania-like indeed. Also like the neat detail that the bosses do a suicide rush or kill themselves instead of you actually finishing them off.

Wow, in the end, Zangetsu died SO HARD that was kicked out from his game to end up in a Megaman like game! XD

Old man only appeared on final battle(and by accident in a switcheroo) . Poor old man.

13:18 holy sh*T the retro version is 10 times harder than in ritual of the night lmao. 21:00 this boss fight is amazing, utilizing 3 different characters at once now that’s some genius game design

That last boss moment where all 3 characters did their thing all at once is very cool. Also dayum didnt expect Inti Creates there, i've always loved them ever since Megaman Zero and Gunvolt, i hope their next project will do well.

25:41 When you die so hard, you get sent to a different universe.

Now THIS is a proper spiritual successor to Castlevania, and by a former producer of Castlevania games, nonetheless! Koji Igarashi does know what he is doing. Those suicide attacks from the bosses are truly cool, flashy, and properly dangerous for the unprepared. And that "True Final Boss", where the three characters team up to defeat... priceless. Cherry of the cake: that image ala-megaman in the end with the futuristic city... way to promise a sequel, Koji! Inti Creates, you rock!

I like how it realy point back to the real old school games like shovel knight did. While still keeping the gameplay smooth so it can compete with modern looking games.

0:01 vs 21:12 - I love the detail that the song played while fighting corrupted Zangetsu is a variation of the beginning theme playing on Zangetsu’s motive.

The final battle having everyone help each other out to survive us really cool looking. It didn't look particularly difficult, but the concept and execution was super well done.

I love how each boss tries to take you down with them when they die. Brillant.

I do like how the bosses almost always tried that one last attack

gotta love these suicidal death attacks in the end, also zangetsu is like ragna the bloodedge but on steroids

The Glutton Train... HAS NO BREAKS MOTHER#@&$!!!

Since it looks like you don't know, Zangetsu has an extra ability in Ultimate mode, he can charge his slash to do a giant slash. Just press and hold the attack button and he will start glowing.

This is the best 8-bit art I've ever seen. Also, as usual, Gellot you madman you did it again! Hats off!!

Maybe I'm just having a millennial moment, but I find this game way better than its sequel. This type of game always works best in full 2D.

It never ceases to amaze me how easily you blaze through these things. Great work!

Of all the good things in this game, the boss battles were the crowning achievement. They felt so good to fight and satisfying to beat, especially with those Rondo of Blood style last-ditch moves.

Slifer the sky dragon being the only boss that doesn't have a "desperate final attack" makes it special

Can we give props to how awesome the sprite work is? Thos game looks pretty awesome, has an awesome ost and those bosses! I really love Valefor & Valac!

Dude, Bathin is so badass Also, is it just me or did 90% of the bosses kill themselves

I'm only watching this after completing Ultimate mode myself. I wanted to come up with my own original strategies for fighting bosses, so it's fun to see someone who did something COMPLETELY different than what I did, but both methods still worked.

5:15 Man, i didn't know, that black hat (from villainous) also does videogame bosses services.

Watching you beat these bosses without taking damage is so satisfying

8:24 Slyfer the Sky Dragon

9:30 *Queue the megaman X music* CYBER PEACOCK

That looks really cool! I wouldn't really play this myself but watching you is amazing, well done :) Reading Zangetsu made me think of Bleach haha

Seriously this a really great game. I wish is was a bit longer. Still im very satisfied with the game. Great work Gellot!

wow that Zangetsu fight is so sick made me wanna play the game

Oh wow. Zangetsu ended up at Gunvolt's world. Cue in Sakura Effluorescence for him?

Stop making me buy games.

25:39 Is that a reference to the intro for Megaman 2? Niiice.

wow, the bosses on this game is very amazing

6:38 Woah, that really looks similar to the Dracula's Castle stage from Smash Bros ultimate!

16:53 YO THAT LOOKS COOL!!!

This is the TRUE modern Castlevania and those original bosses have very memorable and epic fights!

I figured out a hidden combo attack. Throw the spinning scythe and then freeze it when it is touching the boss using the alchemist and it deals A TON of damage against the bosses

Zangetsu with that Amygdala Arm

the sprite work for the bosses is pretty cool

Great little game, amazing boss designs, maybe some of them are missing some attack "warnings" but you can tell they put a lot attention to details. this is like if they put Megaman bosses in a Castlevania game, love it.

i know that nobody cares, but all the bosses have a name. Just saying, i'm not trying to annoy anybody.

Thanks for great work . спасибо бро ))

Wow, I didn't know they had a hidden boss and it's great!

You are right. It's like the Castlevania sequel we never had

I like how the boss at 11:48 is a reference to the countess who bathed in the blood of virgins...

The older Castlevania games always had this nice Ravenloft feel to them.

No offense, but if you getsu (moon) in your name. Chances are, the moon will bless or curse you. Zangetsu means Slaying Moon.

random person scrolling in the comments! what's your fav final attack of all the bosses? tbh i feel like the peacock dude really was an epic one with the background, the shadows, his attacks and the music syncing up

When I played this game for the first time, I knew I was up for a challenge and a treat. This game was incredibly fun and I still can't get over how funny/ridiculous I was when I went up against Bathin. I was really weird but I managed to make it. XDDD Bloodless was absolutely difficult along with Gremory. Yet, overall, the game was amazing! It was so much fun!

This game looks hella good

Yet another reason to buy the game. It looks great.

Valefor via Stage 3's Boss, is my favorite Boss in the entire game.

The most anime boi: 13:09

Valac is a fucking awesome design for a boss, an interconnected dragon that could shove it's heads together to make one giant head is so fucking cool.

This is just a little add on, but it's creative and stylistic enough to stand on it's own. That's damn impressive. By the way it's the gold man boss that made me say this.

Gremory final form remind about lunala from sun and moon especially when it fire a moon beam attack

Awesome. I have subscribe your channel.

I guess the whip really is the superior way to hunt vampires

Welp...it wouldn't be an Inti Creates game without a two phase Final(?) Boss and a True Final Boss

Yyyyoooooooooo I never even heard of this game! Jesus Christ it's gorgeous. I'm in love!

I love how angry Gremory gets when you beat its first phase.

I love that the electric lizard boss in the library was reading a book and when you come in he’s just like “Oh, well. Gotta stop reading and kick this guy’s ass.”

This. Is. Awesome.

My brain: Yeah, That's not difficult, I can do it! My hands: No way.

Oh wow. . this game just came out like a day ago too o.O

Never heard of this game but it look nice :0

13:21 straight up megaman zx advent, like you can't fool me

You know, gremory reminds me of queen sectonia from kirby

Gremory:*exists* Rule 34-ers:It’s free real estate

How is this guy so good at games

Wow, you make it look easy

He wakes up in the future!?!?! Part 3 is gonna be AWESOME!!!

Pretty damn cool!

12:50 Who would win? - A demon between a devastating hurricane of blood in a desperate attempt to take your soul - A tiny bat

I didn't even realize you could hit the third boss directly in his face. I just destroy the piles of coins every time.

I have this game. I liked the castlevania games and this game.

Just completed the game myself, even managed to do Boss Rush and get 1000g.

A demand of Gremory trap hentai is now in effect.

Incredible

bruh the glutton train was literally just vibing wth

God. This game looks amazing

BANKAI!!! Tensa Zangetsu!!

Gellot what do you use for recording?

Old games are my favorite

Does hitting the gold piles hurt the greed boss?

Очень круто, красиво сделано!

11:05 Shushupu/Spritzee, use moonblast !

Zangetsu boss design is pretty bad ass

Man its gonna be hilarious if this prequel ends up better than the full budget release

I thought the final boss on Ultimate Mode ended with Zangetsu having to charge up his attack to slice her in half. Or was there a special condition where I got that result?

Ide like to see more great retro games like this although I love AAA titles

I thought Focalor was going to do something flashy and cool for his last attack, but nope: *Splat.*

25:43 PFFF HAHAHA damn this is good he in Megaman world now XD

Wait, that extra scene at the end... is that a Megaman 2's intro reference??